This is not legal advice.
A = Allows short statement of application
B = Preserves copyright statements and notices
C = Allows distribution without full license text
D = License is or may be fixed to exclude later versions
This is a table of OSI "Licenses that are popular and widely
used or with strong communities".
| A | B | C | D |
---------------------------+---+---+---+---+
Apache License 2.0 | N | Y | N | Y |
Modified BSD | Y | N | N | Y |
GNU GPL 2 | ? | ? | N | Y |
GNU LGPL 2.1 | ? | ? | N | N |
MIT | Y | N | N | Y |
Mozilla Public License 1.1 | N | Y | N | N |
CDDL 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y |
Common Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | N |
---------------------------+---+---+---+---+
This is not legal advice.
| A | B | C | D |
----------------------------+---+---+---+---+
Apache License 2.0 | N | Y | N | Y |
Modified BSD | Y | N | N | Y |
GNU GPL 2 | ? | ? | N | Y |
GNU LGPL 2.1 | ? | ? | N | N |
MIT | Y | N | N | Y |
Mozilla Public License 1.1 | N | Y | N | N |
CDDL 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y |
Common Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | N |
----------------------------+---+---+---+---+
Adaptive Public License 1.0 | N | Y | N | N |
The Artistic License | Y | Y | Y | Y | (but much maligned)
Artistic License 2.0 | Y | N | Y | ? |
Open Software License 3.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | (not DSFG compatible?)
Q Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y |
zlib/libpng License | Y | N | ? | Y |
----------------------------+---+---+---+---+
AFL 3.0 | Y | ? | Y | Y | (not DSFG compatible?)
Attribution Assurance | N | N | N | Y |
Eiffel Forum License v2 | Y | Y | N | Y |
Fair License | Y | N | N | Y |
Lucent Public License 1.02 | Y | ? | N | N |
NCSA Open Source License | ? | N | N | ? |
----------------------------+---+---+---+---+
This is not legal advice.
| A | B | C | D |
----------------------------+---+---+---+---+
Apache License 2.0 | N | Y | N | Y |
Modified BSD | Y | N | N | Y |
GNU GPL 2 | ? | ? | N | Y |
GNU LGPL 2.1 | ? | ? | N | N |
MIT | Y | N | N | Y |
Mozilla Public License 1.1 | N | Y | N | N |
CDDL 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y |
Common Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | N |
----------------------------+---+---+---+---+
Adaptive Public License 1.0 | N | Y | N | N |
The Artistic License | Y | Y | Y | Y | (but much maligned)
Artistic License 2.0 | Y | N | Y | ? |
Open Software License 3.0 | Y | Y | Y | Y | (but not DSFG compatible?)
Q Public License 1.0 | Y | Y | N | Y |
zlib/libpng License | Y | N | ? | Y |
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